"gai" meaning in French

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Adjective

IPA: /ɡɛ/, /ɡe/ Audio: Fr-gai.ogg Forms: gaie [feminine], gais [masculine, plural], gaies [feminine, plural]
Rhymes: -ɛ Etymology: From Old French gai, from Old Occitan gai, from Gothic *𐌲𐌰𐌷𐌴𐌹𐍃 (*gaheis, “impetuous”); or from Frankish *gāhi (“fast, sudden, impetuous”), Frankish *wāhi (“pretty”), both from Proto-Germanic *ganhuz (“lively, fast, quick”); or (per Liberman, Chance, Meier) from Latin vagus (“wandering, inconstant, flighty”), with *[w] → [g] as in French gaine. Doublet of vague in that case. Cognate with English gay and Italian gaio. Etymology templates: {{der|fr|fro|gai}} Old French gai, {{der|fr|pro|gai}} Old Occitan gai, {{der|fr|got|*𐌲𐌰𐌷𐌴𐌹𐍃||impetuous}} Gothic *𐌲𐌰𐌷𐌴𐌹𐍃 (*gaheis, “impetuous”), {{der|fr|frk|*gāhi||fast, sudden, impetuous}} Frankish *gāhi (“fast, sudden, impetuous”), {{der|fr|frk|*wāhi||pretty}} Frankish *wāhi (“pretty”), {{der|fr|gem-pro|*ganhuz|t=lively, fast, quick}} Proto-Germanic *ganhuz (“lively, fast, quick”), {{der|fr|la|vagus||wandering, inconstant, flighty}} Latin vagus (“wandering, inconstant, flighty”), {{cog|fr|gaine}} French gaine, {{doublet|fr|vague}} Doublet of vague, {{cog|en|gay}} English gay, {{cog|it|gaio}} Italian gaio Head templates: {{fr-adj}} gai (feminine gaie, masculine plural gais, feminine plural gaies)
  1. cheerful; merry Categories (topical): Happiness, Personality
    Sense id: en-gai-fr-adj-n2gs8ekv Disambiguation of Happiness: 93 7 Disambiguation of Personality: 100 0 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 71 29
  2. gay; homosexual
    Sense id: en-gai-fr-adj-bDWyAZ~J Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 71 29
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: antigai, avoir la cuisse gaie, égayer, gai comme un pinson, gaiement, gaieté Related terms: gaillard

Inflected forms

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  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "sombre"
    },
    {
      "word": "triste"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "antigai"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "avoir la cuisse gaie"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "égayer"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "gai comme un pinson"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "gaiement"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "gaieté"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lou",
            "2": "gé"
          },
          "expansion": "Louisiana Creole: gé",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Louisiana Creole: gé"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "gai"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French gai",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "pro",
        "3": "gai"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Occitan gai",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "got",
        "3": "*𐌲𐌰𐌷𐌴𐌹𐍃",
        "4": "",
        "5": "impetuous"
      },
      "expansion": "Gothic *𐌲𐌰𐌷𐌴𐌹𐍃 (*gaheis, “impetuous”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "frk",
        "3": "*gāhi",
        "4": "",
        "5": "fast, sudden, impetuous"
      },
      "expansion": "Frankish *gāhi (“fast, sudden, impetuous”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "frk",
        "3": "*wāhi",
        "4": "",
        "5": "pretty"
      },
      "expansion": "Frankish *wāhi (“pretty”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*ganhuz",
        "t": "lively, fast, quick"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *ganhuz (“lively, fast, quick”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "vagus",
        "4": "",
        "5": "wandering, inconstant, flighty"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin vagus (“wandering, inconstant, flighty”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "gaine"
      },
      "expansion": "French gaine",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "vague"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of vague",
      "name": "doublet"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gay"
      },
      "expansion": "English gay",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "gaio"
      },
      "expansion": "Italian gaio",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old French gai, from Old Occitan gai, from Gothic *𐌲𐌰𐌷𐌴𐌹𐍃 (*gaheis, “impetuous”); or from Frankish *gāhi (“fast, sudden, impetuous”), Frankish *wāhi (“pretty”), both from Proto-Germanic *ganhuz (“lively, fast, quick”); or (per Liberman, Chance, Meier) from Latin vagus (“wandering, inconstant, flighty”), with *[w] → [g] as in French gaine. Doublet of vague in that case.\nCognate with English gay and Italian gaio.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "gaie",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gais",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gaies",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "gai (feminine gaie, masculine plural gais, feminine plural gaies)",
      "name": "fr-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "gaillard"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "71 29",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "French entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "93 7",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "fr",
          "name": "Happiness",
          "orig": "fr:Happiness",
          "parents": [
            "Emotions",
            "Mind",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "100 0",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "fr",
          "name": "Personality",
          "orig": "fr:Personality",
          "parents": [
            "Mind",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "cheerful; merry"
      ],
      "id": "en-gai-fr-adj-n2gs8ekv",
      "links": [
        [
          "cheerful",
          "cheerful"
        ],
        [
          "merry",
          "merry"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "71 29",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "French entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "gay; homosexual"
      ],
      "id": "en-gai-fr-adj-bDWyAZ~J",
      "links": [
        [
          "gay",
          "gay"
        ],
        [
          "homosexual",
          "homosexual"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡɛ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡe/"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "gaie"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "gaies"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "gais"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "gay"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "gays"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "guet"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "guets"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛ"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Fr-gai.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/ce/Fr-gai.ogg/Fr-gai.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ce/Fr-gai.ogg",
      "text": "audio"
    }
  ],
  "word": "gai"
}
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "sombre"
    },
    {
      "word": "triste"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    "French 1-syllable words",
    "French adjectives",
    "French doublets",
    "French entries with incorrect language header",
    "French lemmas",
    "French terms derived from Frankish",
    "French terms derived from Gothic",
    "French terms derived from Latin",
    "French terms derived from Old French",
    "French terms derived from Old Occitan",
    "French terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "French terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "French terms with audio links",
    "French terms with homophones",
    "Rhymes:French/ɛ",
    "Rhymes:French/ɛ/1 syllable",
    "fr:Happiness",
    "fr:Personality"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "antigai"
    },
    {
      "word": "avoir la cuisse gaie"
    },
    {
      "word": "égayer"
    },
    {
      "word": "gai comme un pinson"
    },
    {
      "word": "gaiement"
    },
    {
      "word": "gaieté"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lou",
            "2": "gé"
          },
          "expansion": "Louisiana Creole: gé",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Louisiana Creole: gé"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "gai"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French gai",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "pro",
        "3": "gai"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Occitan gai",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "got",
        "3": "*𐌲𐌰𐌷𐌴𐌹𐍃",
        "4": "",
        "5": "impetuous"
      },
      "expansion": "Gothic *𐌲𐌰𐌷𐌴𐌹𐍃 (*gaheis, “impetuous”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "frk",
        "3": "*gāhi",
        "4": "",
        "5": "fast, sudden, impetuous"
      },
      "expansion": "Frankish *gāhi (“fast, sudden, impetuous”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "frk",
        "3": "*wāhi",
        "4": "",
        "5": "pretty"
      },
      "expansion": "Frankish *wāhi (“pretty”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*ganhuz",
        "t": "lively, fast, quick"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *ganhuz (“lively, fast, quick”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "vagus",
        "4": "",
        "5": "wandering, inconstant, flighty"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin vagus (“wandering, inconstant, flighty”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "gaine"
      },
      "expansion": "French gaine",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "vague"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of vague",
      "name": "doublet"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gay"
      },
      "expansion": "English gay",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "gaio"
      },
      "expansion": "Italian gaio",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old French gai, from Old Occitan gai, from Gothic *𐌲𐌰𐌷𐌴𐌹𐍃 (*gaheis, “impetuous”); or from Frankish *gāhi (“fast, sudden, impetuous”), Frankish *wāhi (“pretty”), both from Proto-Germanic *ganhuz (“lively, fast, quick”); or (per Liberman, Chance, Meier) from Latin vagus (“wandering, inconstant, flighty”), with *[w] → [g] as in French gaine. Doublet of vague in that case.\nCognate with English gay and Italian gaio.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "gaie",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gais",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gaies",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "gai (feminine gaie, masculine plural gais, feminine plural gaies)",
      "name": "fr-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "gaillard"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "cheerful; merry"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cheerful",
          "cheerful"
        ],
        [
          "merry",
          "merry"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "gay; homosexual"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "gay",
          "gay"
        ],
        [
          "homosexual",
          "homosexual"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡɛ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡe/"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "gaie"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "gaies"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "gais"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "gay"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "gays"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "guet"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "guets"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛ"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Fr-gai.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/ce/Fr-gai.ogg/Fr-gai.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ce/Fr-gai.ogg",
      "text": "audio"
    }
  ],
  "word": "gai"
}

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